We are delighted to invite you to the 14th ELTAM MK International Conference, “Teach, Transform, Thrive” !

We are delighted to announce that the 14th ELTAM MK International Conference, “Teach, Transfrom, Thrive” will be held on 16th and 17th October 2026!

IMPORTANT DATES

• Abstract submission deadline: 30th July 2026 (20/30/45 minute workshop/presentation)
• Early bird registration deadline: 20th September 2026
• Conference dates: 16-17th October 2026

What to expect?

Great talks, workshops and plenaries, national and international speakers, positive atmosphere, meeting old and making new friends …

HOW TO REGISTER?

Speaker Proposal Form: https://forms.gle/wLmtiSmCbdjiptS3A  

Participant Registration Form: https://forms.gle/kUirimJkrKogR4vV7    

For assistance with the registration form or questions, don’t hesitate to contact our conference secretary at conferencesecretary@eltam.org.mk  

FEES

1. ELTAM MK Member/Partner TA Member Early-bird rate until September 20, 2026 - 35 EUR

2. ELTAM MK Non-member Early-bird rate until September 20, 2026- 45 EUR

3. ELTAM MK Member/ Partner TA Member after September 20,  2026- 45 EUR

4. ELTAM MK Non-member after September 20,  2026 - 65 EUR

5. Conference fee for undergraduate students 15 EUR

METHODS OF PAYMENT

• Online payments via credit/debit cards https://bit.ly/3HeLoHo
• Pro-forma invoice for schools/institutions(click here: https://bit.ly/47qFgaf)
• E-payment via online banking for residents (click here: https://bit.ly/3OIB0zO)
• Wire transfer for non-residents (click here:  https://bit.ly/4sWcARe)

 We will regularly post all the relevant information on our Facebook page and ELTAM MK website. See you in October!!!

ELTAM MK's General Assembly will take place on 7th March 2026

Dear members,
We would like to invite you to the ELTAM MK Annual Assembly which will be held at Primary School Lazo Angelovski, Aerodrom, Skopje on March 7, 2026 at 11.00 am. 

You can find all the details in the document below.

Dear teachers,

    We are excited to announce that official invitations for this year’s Primary School ESL ELTAM MK Competitions have been dispatched to all primary schools.

Please check your school’s official email inbox (and the spam folder, just in case) for your registration package and detailed guidelines.

Important Dates to Remember

To help your students and teachers prepare, please mark your calendars with the following key dates:

Registration Deadline-28.02.2026

Local Competition-14.03.2026

Regional Competition-18.04.2026

State Competition-09.05.2026

We are waiting for you, for another round of successful competitions!

ELTAM MK Presidential Election

Dear members,

It is election time at ELTAM MK. You have the opportunity to elect the ELTAM MK President who will lead our association for the next four years. Any member who meets the nomination criteria may be a candidate for President. The election will take place on March 7, 2026, at the Annual Assembly. For full details see the document below.

Wishing all candidates good luck.

Join our team of Local Coordinators

Dear teachers, 

ELTAM MK is looking for a local coordinator to join our team of dedicated volunteers for the region of Kumanovo. If you are interested and would like to apply, you can find more information below.

Online premiere of our documentary on teacher learning

ELTAM MK’s Macedonian Mentoring Network (MMN) is delighted to invite you to the online premiere of the documentary 
On Mentoring: Warmth, not Heat 
on Tuesday, 9th December 2025 at 2pm GMT / 3pm CET!

Registration link: https://aisla.space/warmth-not-heat 
Please register for the event and we’ll send across the link closer to the time!

The documentary was filmed as part of ELTAM MK‘s project Consolidating and Scaling up Macedonian Mentoring Network (MMN) funded by A. S. Hornby Educational Trust.

MMN use Angi Malderez’s mentoring protocol called Systematic Informed Reflective Practice (SIRP, Malderez, 2024) to support teachers making sense of their classroom experiences in a safe, non-judgemental manner. Within MMN, teachers alternate between human and AI-supported mentoring experiences in Noticing. The project is managed on Mosaic, the teacher development platform.

SIRP breaks down post-lesson reflection into five distinct steps:

1. What happened?
2. How can I understand this?
3. What else do I know?
4. Most likely explanation?
5. So, what now?

In the summer of 2025 Angi privately visited North Macedonia. MMN thought this was a fantastic opportunity to meet Angi and chat about their experiences of using SIRP. Angi kindly agreed to talk to the group, whose development she had followed and supported from the very start.

In the documentary Angi talks about the origins of SIRP, how teachers learn, how teacher noticing can be supported, the ‘learned helplessness’ that mentor comments can develop, the empowerment from arriving at one’s own informed decisions, the value of sticking at it even when development is hard and requires time, and the importance for teachers to keep tinkering.

Many thanks for @Suteren for the hard work, grace and avant-garde style they brought to this project.

Dear teachers,

ELTAM MK ESL State Competition is this Saturday!

 Date: 10.05.2025 (Saturday)

 ⏰ Time - 10:00 for Primary schools at Primary school "Kiril Pejcinovic"
 ⏰️ Time - 12:00 for Secondary schools at IBU- International Balkan University.

Check your e-mails these days for further instructions from your local coordinators.

Best of luck to everyone and see you soon! 

Dear students and teachers,

The results from the ELTAM MK Regional competitions 2025 for primary and secondary schools have been published on our website, on the competitions page.
Congratulations to everyone and see you at the State competitions in May!
Happy Easter holidays and keep practising! 

Dear students and teachers,

The results from the ELTAM MK Local competitions 2025 for primary and secondary schools have been published on our website, on the competitions page.
Congratulations to everyone and see you at the Regionals!
Keep practising!